PG Music has updated Band-in-a-Box Version 2009 to Build 282 (BETA).

Summary of Changes for Build 282:

• Fixed: BarVolume data and some other settings weren't saving if Melody or Soloist track was a RealChart.
• Improved: For search and replace, if no rest or push is mentioned in the "replace with" chord, then it will just preserve whatever pushes/rests are there.

Summary of Changes for Build 281:

• Added: Higher Bank Patch Support added. (Support for Higher bank Patches, names displayed, Change of patch at any bar (f5), songs and styles can be stored with these patches). If you use a synth like the Ketron, and like to use higher patches that are not GM or GM2, then these features should be useful to you.
• Improved: OpenPrefsFile, insures certain values are set to defaults (mainly useful when loading in older versions of prefs)
• Fixed: Undo-Open Prefs File now has correct label "Undo Open Preferences"
• Fixed: Render was sometimes regenerating some tracks
• Improved: Freeze/Unfreeze improved. Generates the bt0 stretch file at end of freeze, better messages, faster.
• Added: Verify RealTracks, RealDrums option added. Accesses as a button in the RealTracks Settings dialog. This utility function checks current RealTracks& RealDrums folders. It verifies that File dates are the same, and BT0 (tempo stretch) files are correct. It takes ~5 minutes, and produces a report in a Checkbt0.txt file (notepad).
• Fixed: F5 dialog, entering style changes was not working in some builds. (alternate method of clicking on style name was working)
• Added: Realtracks assign dialog now displays more information when a RealTracks is N/A.
  • To be available, a Realtracks must have the Realtracks folder (RT Folder), and the ST2 (Soloist) file in the BB Folder.
  • If neither is found, "N/A" is displayed.
  • If only the RealTracks folder is missing, "N/A RT Folder" is displayed.
  • If RealTracks folder is found, but xxxxx.ST2 file is missing from BB folder then N/A xxxx.ST2 is displayed (where xxxx is the name of the missing ST2 file.
• Added: The following improvements have been made to the Higher Bank Patches support in Band-in-a-Box:
  • Patch name is displayed on screen for higher bank patches.
  • F5 dialog can now use higher bank patches, (enable "show higher bank patches" in this dialog"). Choose patch name using dialog, or type in numbers.
  • If used for melody or soloist patches, these settings are automatically saved with the song (for other parts bass/drum/piano/guitar/strings you need to enter Save w/Patches dialog,and type FILL w/PATCHES).
  • In the save with Patches dialog, pressing "Fill with Patches" now also selects the save with banks option.
  • Notation window (leadsheet and printout) displays the patch name
  • Using the + button for higher bank patches sets the patches on the screen as well.
  • Button added in higher bank dialog, to get more PAT files by connecting to http://www.pgmusic.com/support_miscellaneous.htm
  • Styles can store patch changes using Higher Banks.

Summary of Changes for Build 280:

• Fixed: Long RealTracks generation time in certain situations on Windows Vista when User Account Control enabled. A symptom of this is Band-in-a-Box displaying the message "First Time Use..Preparing audio beat array file" in the status bar.
  Explanation: Some people install Band-in-a-Box on their computer's internal hard drive while having the RealTracks folder on an external USB hard drive. In this case, RealTracks generation time in earlier builds was very long IF User Account Control was enabled. Build 280 allows you to have UAC enabled (if you prefer this), and RealTracks will still generate properly. On Windows Vista, User Account Control can be enabled/disabled in Control Panel | User Accounts.

Summary of Changes for Build 279:

• Fixed: Doesn't ask the question, 'song is a different feel..' if RealCharts or Frozen song
• Fixed: Count-in had echo when freezing song.
• Fixed: Style disk #77 not showing up in stylepicker filter, and what addons.
• Fixed: Songlist wasn't rebuilding for large folders >4000 songs.

Summary of Changes for Build 278:

• Fixed: Problem embedding soloist #511 in styles.
• Fixed: RealTracks on the Melody or Soloist in song/style weren't always clearing if there was a style change.
• Fixed: RealChart sometimes not showing up on Soloist track.
• Fixed: RealChart MIDI track was audible sometimes, if generated on the Soloist track, and then you pressed PLAY after that.
• Updated: Additional Styles with RealTracks added to the StylePicker.
• Fixed: 'Patch numbers' displayed for some RealTracks in the RealTracks Assign dialog.
• Improved: Style and Song Demo buttons in the Assign RealTracks dialog lists more files.
• Improved: RealTracks memos in the Assign RealTracks dialog are expanded.
• Improved: AudioChordWizard: Transfer of chords back and forth between BB and AudioChordWizard improved.
• Improved: AudioChordWizard: Chords can be entered using same keys as Band-in-a-Box or RealBand (e.g. to get an Am7, just type Am7 and then or any cursor key to move to next cell.
• Changed: AudioChordWizard: Hotkey for tapping barlines changed from to <+> on Numeric Keypad. Note that F8 also works for a hotkey for this.
• Improved: AudioChordWizard: FineTune text slider dragging improved.
• Improved: AudioChordWizard: Set TimeSig text slider improved - so range is always valid.
• Added: AudioChordWizard: Help Menu|Video Help and the Video Tutorial button now Launch URL 'www.pgmusic.com/acwvideotutorial.htm'
• Added: AudioChordWizard: "Set Bar 1" button which also responds to F6.
• Added: AudioChordWizard: Menu Hotkeys.
• Added: AudioChordWizard: Tooltip hints.
• Fixed: AudioChordWizard: Editing anomalies if the first chord in a bar is edited, and the second chord in a bar is 'blank'.
• Fixed: AudioChordWizard: It no longer beeps when exiting chord editing by typing the Enter key.
• Improved: AudioChordWizard: After ACW first opens a song, it no longer insists on a first-time playback starting at the song start. Now, after a long load, if you have located to some other place in the song and click the space bar, it will start from that location.
• Improved: AudioChordWizard: Some optimization done, it may be running a little quicker.